Brown-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) [XC113229]
by Mike Nelson from Changqing nature reserve, Shaanxi, China (song)
Brown-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) [XC616785]
by Jelle Scharringa from Doi Lang West Slope, Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Fang, Chiang Mai, Laos (call)
Subspecies
Validity of subspecies andersoni questionable, as its purported characters (shade of plumage, extent of breastband) are to large extent due to wear, fading and specimen preparation. Intergrades said to occur where it overlaps with nominate in southern China (northern and south-eastern Yunnan).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
andersoni (Swinhoe, 1870) - Central and southern China (south-eastern Gansu, Sichuan and northern Yunnan east to southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, south to northern Guangdong).
xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869 - South-eastern Tibet, southern China (south-eastern Sichuan, Guizhou and south-western Hunan south to southern Yunnan and the Yao Shan, in Guangxi), northern and eastern Myanmar (including Ruby Mines district and southern Shan States), north-eastern Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin).